FIREARMS IN THE MOVIES DATABASE

[Pete92FS]

This site looks like it could ne interesting. Don't know how accurate the information is.

What's that gun? IMFDB catalogs firearms in film
Posted November 2, 2009 at 1:38 PM
By Tim Briscoe

Of course we all love IMDb, the Internet Movie Database. But there are times when the all-encompassing movie and television resource isn't enough.

Thankfully we have sites like the Internet Movie Firearms Database http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Main_Page (a.k.a. IMFDB). This destination catalogs the weapons featured in popular movie and TV shows. It's a wiki-style resource which lives on user submissions.

You can search or browse the site by movie/show, actor or even particular firearm. I thought I'd begin my perusal of IMFDB by searching for the famous AK-47 machine gun. The site, unlike myself, is so knowledgeable in the way of weapons that I was immediately presented with this notice:


NOTE: Please keep in mind that while "AK-47" is often a catch-all term for 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov rifles, most so-called "AK-47s" in movies -- particularly American movies -- are actually either Egyptian Maadi ARM copies of the highly improved AKM, or variants of the Chinese Norinco Type 56. Please check carefully to make sure that the rifle in question is a true AK-47 and not an AKM or a Chinese Type 56. When in doubt, it is probably safer to assume AKM or Type 56.

Yeah, that should give you a clue as to the level of detail that can be found here.



IMFDB also features a wealth of information on fictional weapons. A look at the site's Blade Runner entry shows off the LAPD 2019 gun, a model with two triggers used by Deckard.

The actor pages highlight all the guns used by an individual during his or her career. For instance, action mainstay Bruce Willis has no less than 46 firearm credits -- from a Beretta 92F in Die Hard to the popular M1911 pistol in Planet Terror.

The site is quite a spectacle to behold. One that should become more increasingly rich with future submissions. It also makes a great companion to IMCDB, the Internet Movie Car Database.

Source: IMFDB

[surprise_i'm_armed]

Pete92FS:

Thank you for making all of us aware of the new site.

Do they have a link over to where we can buy some of those 30 shot
Smith & Wesson 2" snubbies we can use as BUG's? :-)

SIA

[bridge]

Very cool, Thanks!

[old farmer]

I have added it to my favorites.

[joe817]

I stumbled across this great database when I was googling guns of NCIS(the REAL agency, not the TV series, although that's my fav TV program lol). Great website. Love the pictures of the gun in action and the pic of the gun itself.

[The Annoyed Man]

Pete92FS:

Thank you for making all of us aware of the new site.

Do they have a link over to where we can buy some of those 30 shot
Smith & Wesson 2" snubbies we can use as BUG's? :-)

SIA

Forget that, I want one of those snubbies that sounds like a pack-howitzer, will blow a 6'4" 250 lb man through a closed door - at 150 yards.... ....AND shoots 30 rounds without reloading.

[The Annoyed Man]

BTW, I was just looking at the gun list on the site, and there is an egregious insult: you have to go to page TWO of the gun list to find any mention of a 1911! Now that ain't right.

[joe817]

BTW, I was just looking at the gun list on the site, and there is an egregious insult: you have to go to page TWO of the gun list to find any mention of a 1911! Now that ain't right.

Getting lazy in our old age are we?

[The Annoyed Man]

BTW, I was just looking at the gun list on the site, and there is an egregious insult: you have to go to page TWO of the gun list to find any mention of a 1911! Now that ain't right.

Getting lazy in our old age are we?

Now you sound like my wife.

[joe817]

BTW, I was just looking at the gun list on the site, and there is an egregious insult: you have to go to page TWO of the gun list to find any mention of a 1911! Now that ain't right.

Getting lazy in our old age are we?

Now you sound like my wife.

I'm just repeating what my wife says to me!

[longhorn_92]

BTW, I was just looking at the gun list on the site, and there is an egregious insult: you have to go to page TWO of the gun list to find any mention of a 1911! Now that ain't right.

Getting lazy in our old age are we?

Now you sound like my wife.

I'm just repeating what my wife says to me!

[arnoldstrong]

Love that site...Good find!!